Guardian Focus podcast

With nearly 1 billion people around the world already going hungry each day and dozens of countries facing food shortages in the near future, food security has become an urgent issue

In this week's Focus podcast Martin Wainwright looks at the likely effects of George Osborne's comprehensive spending review on the lives of people in his hometown

Our team of experts discusses the winners and losers in the government's comprehensive spending review

Rosie Swash investigates the reasons for the UK's high level of sexually transmitted diseases among 15 to 24-year-olds

This week's Guardian Focus podcast looks at state investment in the arts, as Britain's creative industries prepare for large-scale government funding cuts

In the wake of the UN millennium development goals summit, we look at the challenge of meeting the needs of the world's poorest and ask what should happen to global development after 2015

Pakistan has been hit by its worst floods since 1929 in the week President Zardari chose to visit Britain. We discuss the realtionship between the two countries and the ability of the Pakistani state to deal with the numerous crises it faces